anyway

Adverbial anyway has 2 senses

• anyway(r = adv.all) anyhow, anyways, at any rate, in any case, in any event - used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "anyway, there is another factor to consider"; "I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"; "in any event, the government faced a serious protest"; "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it"
• anyway(r = adv.all) anyhow - in any way whatsoever; "they came anyhow they could"; "get it done anyway you can"